On The Listening Post this week: The murder of a champion of the poor puts the spotlight on Brazilian media’s treatment of the slums. Plus, Honduras’ Radio Progreso.

Murder in Brazil: Covering the assassination of Marielle Franco

The assassination of a city councillor in Rio de Janeiro was a hit job clearly intended to send a message.

Marielle Franco embodied a new kind of politics, on behalf of the country’s poor. She campaigned against the violent policing of the favelas, urban slums, which are mostly populated by Brazilians who share Franco’s African heritage.

The coverage of her story has revealed the Brazilian media’s own attitudes to the poor.